Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria

Archduke Leopold Franz
Head of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany
Reign 21 January 1984 - 18 June 1993
Predecessor Archduke Gottfried
Successor Archduke Sigismund
Spouse Princess Laetitia d'Arenberg
Marta Perez Valverde
Issue
Archduke Sigismund
Archduke Guntram
Full name
German: Leopold Franz Peter Ferdinand Maria Joseph Gottfried Georg Karl Otto Rudolf Michael
House House of Habsburg-Lorraine
Father Archduke Gottfried of Austria
Mother Princess Dorothea of Bavaria
Born 25 October 1942 (1942-10-25) (age 69)
Schloss Leutstetten, Starnberg, Bavaria, Nazi Germany
Grand Ducal Family of Tuscany
  • HI&RH The Grand Duke
    HI&RH The Grand Duchess
    • HI&RH The Grand Prince
    • HI&RH Archduchess Tatyana
    • HI&RH Archduke Maximilian

HI&RH The Dowager Grand Duchess

  • HI&RH Archduchess Elisabeth, Mrs. Friedrich von Braun
  • HI&RH Archduchess Alice, Baroness Manno
  • HI&RH Archduke Leopold Franz
    • HI&RH Archduke Guntram
  • HI&RH Archduchess Maria Antoinette, Baroness von Proff zu Irnich
Extended family

Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria (German: Leopold Franz Peter Ferdinand Maria Joseph Gottfried Georg Karl Otto Rudolf Michael, Erzherzog von Österreich, Prinz von Toskana[1][2]) (born 25 October 1942 at Schloss Leutstetten in Starnberg, Bavaria, Nazi Germany[1][2]) was a member of the Tuscan line of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine and Archduke and Prince of Austria, Prince of Hungary, Bohemia, and Tuscany by birth. Leopold Franz was the titular Grand Duke of Tuscany from 21 January 1984 to 18 June 1993.

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Family

Leopold Franz was the third eldest child and only son[1][2] of Archduke Gottfried of Austria and his wife Princess Dorothea of Bavaria.[1][2]

Marriage and issue

Leopold Franz married Princess Laetitia d'Arenberg, eldest child and only daughter of Henri de Belzunce, Marquis de Belzunce and his wife Marie-Thérèse de la Poëze d'Harambure, civilly on 19 June 1965 in St. Gilgen and religiously on 28 July 1965 in Menetou-Salon.[1][2] Leopold Franz and Laetitia had two children together:[1][2]

Leopold Franz and Laetitia divorced in 1981.[1][2] He married for a second time on 18 June 1993 to Marta Perez Valverde, thereby renouncing his rights to the titular Grand Ducal throne of Tuscany in favor of his elder son Sigismund, the current head of the House of Habsburg-Tuscany.[1][2] Leopold Franz and Marta divorced in 1998.[1][2]

Titles, styles, honours and arms

Titles and styles

Honours

Ancestry

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Darryl Lundy (10 May 2003). "Leopold Franz Erzherzog von Österreich". thePeerage.com. http://thepeerage.com/p11173.htm#i111728. Retrieved 2009-12-24. 
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i Paul Theroff. "TUSCANY". Paul Theroff's Royal Genealogy Site. http://pages.prodigy.net/ptheroff/gotha/tuscany.html. Retrieved 2009-12-24. 
Archduke Leopold Franz of Austria
Cadet branch of the House of Lorraine
Born: 25 October 1942
Titles in pretence
Preceded by
Archduke Gottfried		 — TITULAR —
Grand Duke of Tuscany
21 January 1984 - 18 June 1993
Reason for succession failure:
Italian Unification under the House of Savoy		 Succeeded by
Archduke Sigismund